1 Kings 20:30:41 Kgs.20.30.W4TAB
אֶל־הָעִיר֒
elhair
“to the city”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-IR
- Extended
- ehl-haa-IHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haːˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-IR
- clause
va-ya-NU-su ha-no-ta-RIM a-fe-KA el-ha-IR va-ti-POL ha-kho-MA al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef ISH ha-no-ta-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-NU-su ha-no-ta-RIM a-fe-KA el-ha-IR va-ti-POL ha-kho-MA al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef ISH ha-no-ta-RIM u-ven-ha-DAD NAS va-ya-BO el-ha-IR KHE-der be-kha-DER
Root and etymology
ʻayin-yod-resh’-y-r
“city”
In context — 1 Kings 20:30
And the remaining fled to Aphek, to the city. Then the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of those who remained. Ben-Hadad fled into the city and entered an inner room .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:30, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָעִיר֒ (elhair) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.20.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.30.W4.S1) and character.